Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-06-02
UnANAhoer ron JUNE,


Tho phases cfthe Moon for June are: Full
Moon, 5th, 80 p. M; last quarter, 18th,
8 81 n. M; new Moon, 2lst, 6.b2 n. M; first
quarter, 2Sth, sol u. m.
Two prominent stars will be oeeulted by
the Moon during the month, both, unfor-
tunately, In the daytime. At 3.47 on the
afternoon OF the 10Th the waning Moon,
then getting low In the west, will occult
Aldebaran, for the fourth or fifth time this
year. Regulus, the bright star of the Lion,
will be occulted at 10.16 u. m. OF the 18th.
The Moon, then nearing first quarter, will
ba low in the east. Possibly good spy
glass may show one or both Of these stars
Just before their oeeultatlon; the Moon sery-
ing MS guide to them. They should be
| looked for on tho eastward slide Of the
Moon. At SIS on tho evening OF the 18th
| the Moon will occult the fourth magnitude
stnr Sigma lIeOnls.
Mercury Is now an evening planet, and
/ will reach his greatest eastern elopgatlor
1 on the morning OF July lat. He will then
| be 25o slim. eastward OF the sun, settlnl
consequently some II hours later. His
/ maximum departure from the Sun at elon
l CATION il limited to 29o 4Sm. His compare
| lively high northern deelination, about lgo
| will be In favor OF his visibility, but hi
/ brilianey will be on the decrease. He MAJ
| be looked for a week or 50 before eionga
| ton, an hour or less aftersunset, low down
| In the west, and IN path 80 or - south o
| the Suns track. Indeed 1t is not unlikely
/ with favoring weather, that Mercury ant
Saturn may be visible, a few hours afte
conjunction, after sunset on the evening o
the Goth. The conjunction takes place at
o'clock In the afternoon, Mercury pnssinl
l1o north of his far off giant brother. The
will not have changed their respective posi-
lions by S.15 p. M, when they may beleoke'
for, Mercury being then almost directly II
| tk,nO nnly W. will hA In pn
junction with the Moon, ut q north, on tn
morning OF the 23d.
Venus glows so brilliantly In the evening
sky that no one need now make any mis-
take in pointing her out. Her only rival
| Jupiter, and he Is in the enst or In mid
J heaven while Venus Is descending toward
the western horizon. Yet SO strangely I'M
familiar are some otherwise well-informe
persons with tho aspect of our neares
planetary neighbor that writer In th
POppjdr Science Monthly speaks of sue
} people standing on Brooklyn bridge an
: gravely debating whether the planet wer
. the light from lIbertys torch or nm cleo
3 trical balloon sent up by Edison from Meni
, Park. Venus IL now barely half us brigh
| however, as she will DO by mld-August. Sh
. passed conjunction with Saturn yesterda,
] The two planets then being ina straight lin
3 | north and south OF each other, with Nenu
7 | on the north, and p apart. Though Nenu
| looks so much larger and brighter tina
Saturn tine latter Is about 800 times the large
! The differences in distance accounts for thi
, | Venus IL now some 30. 000, 900 OF miles frol
the earth, while Saturn is over 500, 900 ,Ot
t Of miles away. Their respective diameter
r are about 1900 and 60, 300 miles. Vent
will be In conjunction with the Moon, Mt
. north, on the oath at G IS p. m.
I Mars IL numinalY a morning planet b,
will not be conspicuous until fall.
> Jupiter lsS4lendldly situnted for obsery
j lion IN tie early hours of the eveninr v
, will be 10 conjunction with the Msnc {
ths mornings al the ~ ai'A the 2pth,
Aeth C;ls6s ever to the southwark of tai
Il luminary.
Uranus will be ia conjunction with Il
d Moon, also over 3 south, on the mornir
n of th1 2Sth.
Neptune will be in conjunction with ii
'e Moon, and 8, north OF the same, at TOP
Z, m. OF the lSih.
At p. m. of the 2lst the Sun enters Il
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